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WE .. BENTON, MONTANA FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1880. NO. 39.
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(,n his master and hiflicted :I deadly ij:
wouil. Tilien Il, had stolen the money, r
iLox ind all. a
Vhat ile had diil. with the toot ew cohei
Rnot 4, I e tained, as iall stilch after that of
Itros(v 1 ii cllviutl. The feelinf g was that dcos
odhlell -or G(olb. n:1c het is frellquently e
-,.led t i lt. a c'oiut 'il the old newspaper A B
iri n is li 11i thelr, fat tll tle taken-hal i i ti
'(li',td li ll ' tor rIli+epe cthe fir.t ' inslee of
in lihe !i 1'0i(wed mi itoy. I it
The 0'Io tr's jury brought il a verdicti e,
of willftultl mutrdr against (iodley, and lihe
!la r1(l1,',"1 tlo York Castle. leo was inll- or
lietd r ll- miU'Sder of' Sir Jtame Mars
tol :and dlly trietd t thle Au s ize follow- t
illL'. All the fat-' here narrated were
hn-ulg,}t 'jit by tlhy pro-ectution. Ir. .kils
h" .otre 'uihnlyn that lie never aIccolt- it
uti:{ sir .amei to thie studly that night, dh
Poit b:,i, him ,ill od.night at thie foot of the aX
'ttrai ilvl :itilc te. e etl xpiaind the ft of
his (einhg -ein oil the stairs witvh tll ur)i- it
hrell:, a hli explained it before. fi cross- s8
examnin:tiion. whtn askd whether he
'knew i hclii tr d mot ther, litte admitted tl
11,s"l h- did not. 'Then ensued the follow- A
itg, inýular colloquy: Im
('ontlel . It is indeed a tise child that III
knoot his theri but with the mother it is ti
,diftl-relnt somtewhat. fray, Mlr. Ainslie, it
wher( ~ ere you brought up ? be
ir. Ainslie-I believe the first year of w
myr lif were t)pent att Marston Halre l. . it
(' l it''tl-iliO ce ll r .lemember traveling ier
tiiia i Jacii s ilthe conltttinret hen llOU ifo
uwer, sallut itn yel, s oild; that is fally h:1
tMr. ii nlie-l do, very distinctly. th
(,,ailtel--lVtere you not then in the habit
of' :!inhi t lhtherli it? onel
Mlr. Ai tlie -I think I was. wt
t'u (Xiel-t' o I , do yiou not know as well orf
:i ii-,- on+: s) situated c'all kinow such a th
:}ir.i l il :(Ive Sir Jra l r atOll'S ti
"t . A.' iusll'-I liivi trdi Vuol thart I i re
'o I 'Itw h(, l1)in p kInrents ' lere. jai
i ll-So%'--il 1The 7adue oath, has not to
:: t, regu!:lurly s l lpplied you w ithl st
HHH V stI ' : siel ll y 'u;c n rtH/emember? ] er:
th i.. 'ui-lie-H'vt h:s given me money at a:1
lix ll IEle it nes. 'l ere tctit, ( p r- a
t 'ii n1 -"l' (pri duing a I ti i dle of letters stj
:itl ha it.nlg oine to the witness)-ls that W
I uer ill your halne cwriting ? mha
c 1r. Ainslite-i t is. I, I
l('iunsel- 3iy ord, we have already il
srl,ied wherei we got thlese letters. Mcr. a
i'liYo did you write that letter to Sir Ci
Jmes, anl' that; in falct, all of these I he
h:ul you ? m
''I". Aiinli--Yes, li (i d. i
a'Vlernl of these letters were read. wir.
Ainslie :d.Ir e.sed Sir .uames as "My dear git
iluher," and signed hilself "Your aifee- an
tli':late soil." The letters were full of in
pl(isenal matters, as between father atnd m
s''n, :ti l ioney iIaIs frequently spoitken of e
na- hlvinI beent received or required. The l
las: dated letter was within a month of Sir all
Jahmie,' murder, anl ..poke with deep feel- the
in. oft iii esltates 1l:hvi to igo away fromel hit
the iter to a distiant relastie in case of el
thie llollnt' iet. ode
SOul' tlOthier ? CaI
S ir. Al'sliec-1 don't remember her. sta
Counsel-Do you know the lady who wl
will inherit the hnarston estates? Ai
I1 r. Ain lie-1 lo. ' to
t'rouI beneath the tlnble, and held it up. to
hie fixed his eyes steadily ou Mr. Ainslie. wa
;Vtlcry eounltenlalce ill the court room was Thu
iix dir on the lll itnsls il. There yo ever oa per-n a
xtltiiie quivt'er t of hlI er lip a moment. ter
i i ii' lipoe e th ere temporani n ervousnessl (
atllt il \t- lerel( distinctly : su(
'"ill Ink I t have seenl. it before." P hae
"'ike it in your nllld, sir,'" the counsel gu
..i, "'ull exl ine it at your leisure." I
M11. Ainslie r hed out he is hand and ine
tooik the uuitnrella. Hie glanced at the thi
handle, passed his hand tup and down the iq
Silklil th'u looked toward eottnsel. rt th
Stoll hav'e seen th lt ubrella before, for. ids
Ainl rie, y rol :uie sultre?" counsel asked. tor
"'1 an pretty sure that I have seen it to hi
12l{r ie," iiir. +il lih replied. ing
1ii. iait the Ul ll ou were seen .
with oil the niloo it i if thie mlurder of Sir T
d turnl to it place in th, rackl in tie th
lii. Ainslic ixtindei i the umbrella to- a er
)\. . '," s.aid (ou sll01. :ley
'hTE. ] o)l' o nelti~ t)U se\'er'i other \\it- n li
r tli tul oti froml them very closely the' ,
ti .it. Alht l a most careful itand
2diiient e:u'rch had been made ill every pt
diretion, itn weapon with which the tidal
waunld inll i .Jlxaite., breaist could have
bt;eel i ilictl: had ncen found. This search
tlh extelde throighl the dwelling andl
a:ni lid the :ldj:tceut gi ounds.
'Tic defiue was begun. Godley's char- 'I
refer was shown to be excellent, and it b
was further proved that during the many ii
year. whiPl he had been employed in the f p
hall lie had saved a large sum of money, g
and owned sufficieut property to maintain e
hin1 in contlparative affluence for the rest ii
of his life. lie was on most friendly terms t f
with his master, and was his groom when p
hlit was a b:oy. It was shown that there it
was no motive whatever for the crime, as b
the porter did riot need money and was ti
not avaricohms. After the taking of some si
further testimony the doctor who had ni
made the post mortem examination of the tl
remains of the murdered Baronet was call- c
ed to the stand. He described the nature p
of the wound and the kind of instrument I
which must have made it. a
"Doctor," said the counsel, handing the
witness the umbrella, "take that umbrel
la. I believe you have seen that umbrella
before-also?"
'I have, sir," the doctor replied.
"Then, perhaps, doctor, you may 'know
how to opeen it," counsel said,
"1 think I do," was the reply. -
"Let thie Cotit andt jury see how you o
do it, then," counsel said, in a tone very ii
low, but distinctly heard, so deep was t
the silence. te
The doctor .deliberatcly opened It te v
...me as be scou'd anly other umbrella.
lihere w': a a mbmentary relief in the minds n
<' flhr setiteaur; and an attempt at a t
l:ighlh It dial away, ho' wever, instantly, t
and the counsel s "id:
- tL)otor open that umbrella ,t litle t
Itre .doctor iid hoii ld of the handle labout..
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half wasy down with his left hand and of
the top with his right. There was a slight
jarring sound, and the next instant the
right hand of the doctor ascended, grasping
a glittering stiletto a foot long.
The sound that arose from the spectators
was almost a cry. The learned Judge,
dropped back in his seat. The jury clutch
ed the front of the jury-box, as the doctor
held the glittering steel aloft.
Counsel for the defense pointed to it
! with his right forefinger, and looked from
judge to jury. Thdn he slowly turned his
eye and fixed it on Mr. Ainslie.
After a solemn pause of some seconds
icounsel said;
"Doctor, have you examined that stilet
to?"
"I have," replied the doctor.
"Could such an instrument as that have
inflicted the wound which caused the
death of Sir James Marston ?" counsel
asked.
"The wound was made with precicely
such a weapon as this," the doctor nu
swered.
Mr. Agnew, Mr. Herbert and iMr. Set
tie were examined as to the fact that Mr.
Ainslie walked out of the house on the
mnorning after the murder, and was tile
first to announce that Sir James was sit
ting in his study near the window. Then
it was suddenly discovered that it had not
been shown who owned the umbrella and
witnesses were examined who proved that
it was without an owuer, and had appar
ently been left there by mistake or through i
forgetfulness. Various persons aroutndl the i
hall had handled it, and remarked that it
was curious in its make, but no one knewi
that it contained a stiletto.
After a long and careful sumlnning up
on both sides, and a charge to the jury
which was decidedly favorable to the pris
oner, the jury retired. In half an hour
they brought in a verdict of not guilty,
and Godley was discharged. Almost intm
mediately afterwards Mr. Ainslie was 'r- t
rested on a bench warrant and lodged ill;
jail. lie in turn was indicted and brought
to trial. Il nmaintained his innocence
stoutly, and it was shown that lie had ev- a
crything to gain by the baronet's living b
as long as possible, and all to lose by his
death. The facts, however, were veryi v
strong against him, and lie wasa convi('cted.
Within a few hours of his execution lie
mnade a statement which was relmarkable.
lie confessed that lie intended on the night
in question to murder his father and take
a large sum of money which lie knew was xN
contained in the cash-box. The umbrella it
he had himself brought from Paris two a.
months before, but he had not kept it ini r
his room. After lie quitted the study Itl
with the money which Sir James had just al
given him he remembered the umbrella, s
and took it from the s.and instantly form- ih
ing the idea of killing Sir James. Thie h
movement of Godley, however, in the low- tr
er part of the house startled him, and lie 01
ran up stairs. Later on, when lie thoughlt ift
all was quiet, he descended anid wentr into o0
the study, On going in he saw a m:lan
hiding behind the screen and apparentlly t
watching Sir James, who was busy at his vi
desk. iMr. Aiuslie was greatly alarmed, a
and returned to the hall. Fearful of being m
caught, he placed the umbrella in thei t
stand and went up stiirs. Next morning n
when sir James failed to appear, Mr. it
Ainslie went around towards the wildow 0
to the study, because the tllh6ght struck n
himt that Sir James Imight have been mur. li
dered: Mr. Ainslie swore positively that ci
to the best of his knowledge the muan who et
was hidden behind the screen was Godley. bl
This remarkable story wss not credited, st
and M'r. Ainslie was lianged at York A
castle. it
Godley il the meantime had disalppeaired, [ w
suddenly and mysteriously, andtthe hall as
had gone into the possession of Miss Au- ei
gusta Marston. She was shortly to be bt
married, and the dwelling was undergo- tI
ing a thorough repair. Amoung other fri
things a wing known as the bachelor's tt
quarters was to be torn down. It had noti hi
been used for many years, and was dilap- ol
idated. On removing the wall the skele- vi
ton ofaman was discovered sticking ill the cc
chimney. He had evidently been ascend- il
ing and stepped oil a loose flag, which fell a
and closed up the opening below hilm. of
Th'le chimney above was too small to admiti Ili
of his ascending to the top. Tihus lie lhad i v
perished. The clothes that lay aroundlF
were almost entire, and were identified as
those worn by Godley whien he disappear
ed. On a ledge in the chimney just above i
where the skeleton was found was discov
ered a papar parcel. It contained bank
notes to a large amount, and an 1. O. U.
for £1,000 signed by Christopher Ainslic
mnd addressed to Sir James Marston. It fr
bore date August 17, 1840, the 17 written i
over the figures 16.
Thus was this very extraordiany mnys
tery satisfitctorily cleared up. Mr. Ails- i
lie's story was undoubtedly true, and God- ,
ley was tihe real perpetrator of the crinme. ,
Ainslie, conscious of his own wicked dc- b
signis, denied having accompanied Sir e
James to the study or borrowedl money
from himn on the night of the murder, but li
the I. O. U. showed that such was the t,
case, and that first having dalted it Au- t
gust 16,l Sir James had probably reminded va
him that it was past midnight, and so he ,
changedl it to 17. Godley might have seen j.
Ainslie get the money from Sir Jamnes, but h
the I. O. U. could have told the story. It
is clear that after Ainslie returned the
umbrella to tile stand, Godley, who with- oi
out doubt knew it bore a concealed weva- i
pon, usedi it to do the fatal deed. ai
A1na I.aho Fossil Fish.
In the window of a drug store on bouth t
C-street, is to be seen on a thin slab of i
cream-colored clay slate one (of the most
Lperfect and beautiful fossils imaginable,
il the shape of a fish. It is ofa rich umber
blho\ewn,. dllt inlesa closely inspected, is
liable to be mistaken for a painting or
drawing. The fish is exactly 1 foot in
length by 41f inches in width in the wid
est part, and in shape closely resembles,
the commlion perch. It has one dorsal fin,
which is spread to its full width. There is I
no second do:rsal tin, nor is any ventral fin
showl. The anal fin is spread and. runs
all the way t)ack to the caudal fin or tail,
which is forked and beautifully spread.
These lins are as perfect as could be drtawn
by an artist. Every bone, large and small,
in and connected with the vertebrae is
perfect and beautifully delineated. The
gills are also handsomely shown, and the
eye is quite life-like, both the dlark and
white parts being well preserved. The
fossil appears to be that of the whole and
perfect fish so compressed that all except
the back-bone resembles a drawing. The
back-bone is the only part raised above
the general surface of the .stone, and it
stands out to about what would be the
natural size of the vertebrae of a fish of
the size mentioned. This splendid fossili
came from Bear Lake, Idaho; and was
presented to the druggist by a mining man.
The miner has what appears to be an ex
act copy or mate to this fossil.
A New Feature.
The telephone is likely to be a valuable
aid in reforming society. Rev. .David
Swing, of Chicago, has set an example
which should be imitated by the preachers
of the coUntry. - He _has a ttelephone icad
ing from his study, :with varions branches
to the honses of his intimate friends and i
parishioners, and does much of his pastoral '
visitin through its itmediua i hip. I:ttiat ,t
form 'f pastoral1. cal it. beso i rs :c , dos ,
netwspaper -satioins~ . f a clerical color ~
will dityninwh, tual tailitistore will " 1toiia T
nwl 'hemI I lves the hIroes of Scitfiss j
whidh srhtake the very tottdatdtons of their
temupleis BJ s tll ea engage the tIal- "
phone in the toaeK of pastors. It will c
prove one of the eids to ight-ousnes.
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P·':ilr
f THE GATEING GUN. i1
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The Iost Terrible Weapon Known
to Hotern Warfare.
o Among the many important and valua- p
bleinventions in firearms, of which the
b i present century has been prolific, there is
none that equals the Gatling gun in origi
nality ofdesign, rapidity of fire, and effec
tiveness. The severest tests and trials, c,
Sand its practical use in warfare, have in- t
disputably established its high reputation d
as the most formidable death-dealing y,
Sweapon. ft
The main features of the gun may be of
sulmned upi as follows: It is usually five aj
or ten barrels, each barrel having its cor- h:
responding lock. The barrels and locks n,
revolve together; but in addition to this sc
action the locks have a forward andi' L- cc
ward motion of their own. The f fvard raj
motion places the cartridges in the diham- n(
bers of the barrels, and closes the breech be
at the time of each discharge, while the th
backward motion extracts the empty or
cartridge cases after firing. The gun can tr:
be fired only when the barrels are iii mo- b3
tion from left to right; thus as long as the ch
gun is revolved and fed with cartridges, as
the several operations of loading and ai
firing and extracting, are carried on auto- ha
matically, uniformly and continuously. its
The gun is supplied from feed cases con- th
taining forty cartridges each, which fit in all
a hopper communicating with the cham- is
hers: as soon c ac s otne case is emptied, an- mI
other takes its place, and thus continuous I th
firing is kept up at the rate of over' 1,000 In
shots per llnute. w(
We believe the uatling is thle only fiire- tio
iarm in the world ill which the three setts of -V
parpt,; i:lnely, barrels, locks and
inner brieech, all revolve. Hai'ving the
barrels, locks and inner breech revolve
sinultumously, enables the gun to be loaded
rapi(lly "ttd continuously, while under otl
revolution, anid without producing recoil shi
to destroy its :uellrtl:(', in(m
That lhe gun is sitaile aml duirable is un
evinced by the fa't that 100,0)00 cartridges he
thav:e l',n tiiredt from it without injury to col
any of its lparts. The gun has recently Col
been greatly i!tlproved, n;!id "Also its !lannuuit- oir
nition, so that nowv its rate of fire is over stlh
100,000 shots per minut,.-.ci,,ttific Anlri- hut
cant. t th
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Einstancce ofllndian Daring wi
her
Ais instance of what an Apanche Indi an thii
will do in the way of cool daring, when
the prize is worth a risk, once occurred on ie
a ranllche in Arizona. The owner of the ha
ranch xwas an American. To guaird against are
the .pediche he had bnilt a block-house' he:
and, adjoining it, a court-yard and corral' Iit
sirrounided by an adolbe wall eight feet!
high and two feet thick. In thei corral the no
herd was\ tiglhtil- secured. iH hail a con- ,ro
tract to fired :d guard fou.r hundrleCd ihea he
of cattle ibloingisg to the Uniitedt States Th
fort, somne thirty miles away. More than
one attempt haI l enl made Iby Apaches to s o
capture the 1herd, while feeling two or' e
three miie. firon the Ilock-housie. But lhe hu
vigilant herdsmen had driven the cattle at :It i
a gallop into the cor'ral before the Indi:us s si t
could stam) dc them. iOne night there 'iet
camii tiarful storml. A solitary Apache, hic
imtrm'ed, and with nothing but ablanket sh
to protect himai from the colt ra:in, climbied fa'
over the corral wall. crouching in the cor- tih
ner, lie waited for dlay. Early in the too
tltornitu the st'orim having passed away,
eighlt lierslienll, uoltulted tull tatrmed, ,wait- i
ed at the gate of the corral for the herd to oft
be turned out. The gate was opened ; the
stock poured out. Suddenly up sprang the
Apa:che. Vaulting onil the nearest horse,
het clutched his ini e witll Oine hnrd, v.thlo
with the other he waved his red blanket dir
and velled like a demon. In an instant roc
every h(,of mtade a rush, and the stallpede in
began. The horse, frightened, darted into ani
the midst of the flying cattle. As in a bul
frenzy they went through, the gateway, i
the Apache clasped his arms ar'otund the pit
horse's neck, anid, throwing his body on Sii
one side of the animals disappteared fron pot
view. A thoulsand lien ranged in colllmtn ru
ceould not stop that rush of the crazed 'A
herd down thle valley. The herdsmeni fir pe
a volley which wotlunded sltld killed somue S
of tilts cattle. Two handtis of Apaches, ant
dartilng out from opplositec sides of tle tra
valley, closesd ill froli behind the herd. pcet
Fonur hllnlndred head:t of cattle were tthus cap- 'lni
tuired anid run o'ff by the dsring aind cun- o
niing of one Apaiche. g
JOI-JA3IS. dis
The Various Forms that Deliriuml
Trenlens Take.
Ive known men who weren't wholly
free from the jim-jams for months. They i t
saw things continually. Didn't mind tt
themni at all. Got used to them. There it
was Greenwood, a lawyer at Sonora, Tu- tl
olumue County, Cal.; he, lived on whiskey tt
as nearly as a man could live on it fori
years. Sonetimes lie had the snakes very !se
bad, and again they'd tone down to mod- Ia
eration, yet he had 'em all the same. le t
would sit in his office drawing tp some te
legal document as straight and correct as P
the sobterest head in the county, and all
the time curse the crows (jim-jam crows,
you know,)for getting on thie paper. There
was French Louis, who kept ia saloon at ei
Jamestown, in the same county, who drank dl
himself to death with his own liquor. He
was a mass of bloat, yet he'd serve custom- in
ers to the last, aind all the time see a string e,
of monkeys (jimn-jani monkeys) running
round the cornices of his saloon. "They
alluse itec,'' lie would say, ";and besides
they are not so mischievous as real mlon
keys."
There's a mai: living in that same town
to-dlay to whom a lphse of mania potu is
of no more incon!tvenlience, apparently, than
at severe cold. '11 enil him DIoncaster, b
which isn't his rightt name, but comes
pretty near it. That man is a living con- o
tradiction of the theory that whiskey in
excess will'kill people. He has for twenty
years drank lakes of it, and the poorest e
whiskey in the world at that. After a C
howling drunk at night he will do a hard g
day's' work, and keelp up both the work a
and a modified sort of spree on morea whis- e
key, seeing all the timen men around him c
(jim-jam men) who talk anai threaten him.
"They plagued me some at first," he said, 0
"but I told them to git, and they got out. n
One night I heard a lot of fellows under
my window plotting to rob and kill iie. 0
I thought to myself, if that's your game I'11 s
take a han-d-in it myself. So I got up, tbok tm
my knife and six-shooter and put out.
When I got out of doors they seemed to
me to be about 100 yards ahead in the y
darkness, .and 100 yards ahead they kept
for two miles, nor could I get any nearer
to them. So I traveled, and they traveled
out of camp all that distance, until all at
once they seemed to rmake at straight scoot -
off the road, and I heard 'em talking next e
on Graveyard Hill. -Then I saw it all, and A
says I, "Snalkes, by - ' and I turn- e
ed aboiit and came home."---Ne, York o
IGraphic.
Painless Operations.
The new anti-septic method of surgery
which fits but reeently been introduced t
into this country, has been twice success
fiilly tried at the Alexiai Brothers' Hos-
pital, Chicago, recently. In each cases
leg was amputated, and the patient rapid
ly .r ove"r red, puerinening no pain what
ever lromn thle use ol thel sure ma ini.ustra'`
mneuts TIl" muethod ot operation is .. I
memlpl.teat ii -: sp nge"d hil}th ,csoluhu
o.^ one p }t t aroolc acrid to fortd of water,
-tm Cii'th wound v s t'lh ukesk the opera
Lpon 0 ri-. tly painihs, ait ci ioth ,
wltsii LtAe smto u a ig tihib form or r
Witad1}, a cit ted v.i alb cttjsbmtie of P
lead, which indicates the presence of sul
phate of hydrogen by tirining black, and
shows whether the wound is suppurating. .
Six layers ot medicated gauze are then
placed over the wound, and the whole is
covered wtth Mackintosh cloth.
Another lavention
We are told that a geuitleman in London I
can write a friend in Brighton through i
the electric telegrapher, and no one won- t
ders. We take news of this kind with a
yawning indifference, and simply look out b
for something fresh. To write one's name a
on a check, through the cable to London,
after all, is not much of a surprise.. We h
have grown accustomed to inventions, and
nothing could startle the world except 8
some simple means by which people 91
could be able to fly as conveniently and as t
rapidly as those "little birds" who in their D
nests agree. The slowness of the age is ti
becoming monotonous. It is absurd to t`
think that we must be eight days at sea in 13
order to reach England, and that we cannot W
transmit goods, as we transmit messages, it
by cablegram. That tunnel under the
clhannel hangs fire as if all the world was w
asleep. Africa is still a "dark continent," fo
and with all our boasted civilization we P'
have not yet found out why a spaniel wags le
its tail or wihat ani oyster thinks. And th
then is it not tantalizing to think that after th
all we know so little about the moon." It bi
is "so near and yet so far." Again, why hi
must we go around the world, instead of ri
through it, in order to reach the Antipodes. he
In fact the world is slow, very slow, and hi
we no longer wonder people yawn and say tri
time hangs heavily on their hands.- fa
Montreal Post. th
C1
The Loss of a Wife. itl
to
In comparison with the loss of a wife, all fir
other bereavements are trifling. The wife ! w
she who fills so large a space in the do- di
mestic heaven; she who busied herself so
unweariedly for the precious ones around pr
her; bitter is the tear which falls on her fa,
cold clay. You may stand beside her Ti
colion, and think of the past. It seems an ai
amber-colored pathway, where the stun foi
shown upon beautiful flowers, or the stars fai
hung glitteringly overhead. Fain would bo
the soldier linger there. No thorns are re- ra
membered save those your hands have un- to
willingly planted. Her noble, tender be
heart lies open to your inmost sight. You ar
think of her now as all gentleness, all ha
purity, all beauty. But she is dead. The pe
head is laid upon a pillow of clay. The the
hands that have ministered so untiringly gu
are folded beneath the gloomy portal. The lea
heart whose every beat measured an eter- Fa
nity of love lies under your feet. The thi
flowers she bent over with smiles, bend
now oveclrcr her with tears, shaking th1 dew les
From the petals, that the verdure around Di
her may be kept green and beautiful. the
There is no white arm over your shoulder, of
ind no speaking face to look up into the ws
eye of love, no trembling lips to murmur, to
"Oh, it is too sad!" There is so strange a set
Bush in every room; no smile to meet you dii
it nightfall. And the old clock ticks and in
trikes--it was such music when she could he
iear it. Now it seems to knell on the ric
tcurs through which you watched the
shadow of death gathering on her sweet
Face. And every day the clock repeats
that old story. Many other tales it telleth, br
loo, of beautiful words and deeds that are dil
cegistered above. You feel-oh, how
)ften!-that the grave cannot keep her;
hat she will live again.
A Practical gnggestion. ph
lat
Sonme rof the whol.srpn offects or a ju- ur
dicious use of newspapers in the school fin
room were foreibly illustrated last month ly.
in the essays and orations at several school efI
anniversaries. It will be sufficient to cite tel
but one of these instances: ac
For a year or more it has been the tle
practice in the highest grades of the West
Side school at Champaign, 11l., to devotea bu
portion of time each morning to the pe- cal
rusal and discussion of the news of the day. ist
"As a consequence," says the County Sn- to
perintendent, "I observed at the late High IPt
School Commencoment that the-speakers lar
and essayists drew nearly all of their illus- At
trations from recent events, instead of re- In
peating the trite, hackneyed allusion to as
ancient times, which are so monotonously br
common on such occasions. They showed ext
a good degree of familiarity with the latest I
discoveries in science and invention, and it
with these important movements in socie- al
ty in which they themselves must soon va
take a part." sil
These remarks of the County Superin- liq
tendent were cordially indorsed by one of Io
the most intelligent business men of the fi t
town who added: I could only conrast i or
this familiarity with current history with pe
the utmost utter ignorance which is so It
common in young men fresh from high fro
schools and colleges, and rejoice that at car
last teachers are beginning to appreciate iwy
the immense value of the newspaper as a liq
text book in the work of preparing young
people-for activelife."-Inter Ocea.i [all
/A Painful Scene. ub
anl
Yesterday morning while seven or voe
eight old and reliable citizens were holding th
down chairs and boxes in a M1ichigmn pr
Avenue grocery, and unanimously agree- gl
ing that this was the grdatest country on P
earth, a stranger entered and said: ad
"Gentlemen, I suppose you are all famil- ti
iar with politics." ie
"We are," they replied in chorus. afd
"And you know all about the funda- i
mental principles of liberty?" M
"We do."
"Well, I'm glad on it, for I've made a
bet with a fellow back here as to how the
reading of the Constitution begins. One
of you just write me down the first ten sir
words." TI
While he felt for a stub of a pencil, ev- ea
ery man began scratdbing his head and ho
cautiously eyeing his neighbor. One be- Be
gan muttering : "Now I lay me--," w
and a second said something about "Re- frt
solved," and a third wrote on top of a nit
cracker box: "On motion, it was voted *ei
that-that---." There was a great deal fo
of coughing and sneezing and nose-blow- vo
ing, when a boy came in and said the qu
stranger's horse had run away. He rushed Ju
out, and seven faces brightened up and wi
smiled, and seven men took fresh chews of Sn
tobacco, and tried not to look too impor- n
tant when the grocer said: Si
"The Constitution? Why, every one of
you can repeat it by heart with your eyes re
shut-of course you can."--Lewis. th
MIodern Tongues. qu
Robert Lowe, one of the finest classical oi
scholars in England, in an address deliv- J'
ered recently in the Croydon School of da
Art, urged his hearers to devote their en
ergies to the acquirement -of modern
tongues. He said: "I am told that it is
not to the living languages. you should
look, but to the dead; that when Solomon o
said a living dog was better than a dead
lion, Solomon knew nothing about it, and o
tllt a de:a1 lionis minch better than a living
-,og. That is not my judgment,on the
matter. I do not believe that by teaching
ai man to know the ltanguages that have
long since ceased to b~ spoken, ind- wh!ich
ire the deposaitories of lore very curious.
and beautiful, but no longer of practical tt
Sppli'eatio-I Ido not believe that by tr:~n
ing a man's minti to these suijects, and ti
itirning them eaway, ;frotn the Csutbjectat of at
hes prescnt day, you are doing the wisest
thing tihst can be done for bu '
Aueiitor 1being laskied, ' D ogs ay'" f9
ay sa gr at ninny do not. They take the so
p~rpare several yeas and ;then have the `hi
··.. ·I·:K Ki
A D11TOR'd DEC&EPTIONl. T
----- tt
H:e Live-t for Years a Life of Deceit, L
oand was Honored and Respected.
For the past twenty-five years Dr. John Ce
H. Baldridge has resided in Jackstn town- A
ship, enjoyed a good practice as a physi
cian, was a prominent member of the na
Presbyterian Church, and one of the lead- ns
ing citizens in the north part of the coun
ty. A short time ago he packed his valise
and left, on the exposure of certain facts in
his past history, which he could not deny
and which he could not longer conceal. NE
Recent revelations made known that in the
his younger days he was living in peace hu
with a faithful wife in Ohio; that when lat
she was confined to her bed, a young and pa
attractive girl was employed to work about tat
the house and nurse the sick wife; that is .
Dr. Baldridge and the girl became too in- go
timate for peaceful relations to exist be- of
tween the husband and wife; that he final- fin
ly ran away with the girl, leaving his an,
wife, and came to this country, where he an,
located and passed her offas his wife. the
Some ten or twelve years ago, the real ed
wife became needy and wrote to the Doctor ant
for assistance. The result of the corres- yot
pondence was that a fear of her exposures i
led him to agree to provide for her, with she
the stipulation that she should remove to cat
this county, bury the secret in her own fun
breast and pass herself off as the widow of che
his brother. This arrangement was car- clo:
ried out-the wife coming into the house- tha
hold where her place had been assumed by fine
her former hired servant, and there the has
two women continue to live in peace, so edl
far as the outside world knows. Some- tor
thing over nine years ago, Mr. T. T. me,
Curry, a well-known citizen of that vicin- POc
ity, having lost his wife, paid his addresses a li
to the putative widow, was accepted, and ,re,
finally married her, although she was the the
wife of Dr. Baldridge, never having been exp
divorced. give
Mr. Curry died about a year ago and the
probably never knew anything as to the foun
facts about the skeleton in the closet. ver'
There were no children of this marriage, ey
although Mr. Curry had several by his Dui
former wife. Dr. B1s.dridge raised a large You
family of children by both women, those upo
born to him by lawful wedlock being cd.
raised by the woman he brought with hint in (
to indiana. How the exposure came to She
I be made at this late (day is more than we Iks,
are able to say, except that it is said to inte
have been hinted at and given out by ask(
peacemeal for probably a: year past. When so0
the story became known to a few the anuu
guilty ones were in constant fear, and we ct-b
learn that the presence of the Sheriff in the
Farmersberg one day was what frightened the
the doctor into flight. 1 I
His putative wife left soon after, but we the
learn that she returned a few days ago. 1poo0
During his long residence in this country she
the Doctor boughtand sold many hundreds pool
of acres of land, and all the deeds he madle ed I
were signed by the woman he LfepresdPited is tl
to be his wife. An attorney can readily and
see the complications arising, especially rath
if the children of Mr. Curry propose to
dispossess their step-mother of her interest said
in the Curry estate, and she is led to assert girl
her rights as the lawful wife of Dr. Bald- gre:
ridge.--Sullivan (Ind.) Democrat. jes
Glass Thread. she
I oI
To make fine glass thread, the glass is surl
01on
brought to a °itate of fusion, a glass rod had
dipped in it, and thus a thread pulled out, fres
which solidifies first in the thinest parts,
and so causes a thread of uniform thick
ness to be obtained. If this thread is
placed over a hot metalic -cylinder, and the
latter revolved, any length of thread may T
U v atained; the thread may Le otanmlnea r
finer by revolving the cylinder more rapid- the
ly. The heating of the cylinder has. the doll
effect of annealing the glass to some ex- ited
tent, while the rapid cooling, if wound on test
a cool cylinder, would make it more brit- Me
soul
tie;:
A bundle of such threads look like a The
bunch of silk, and it has therefore been p:mlu
called glass silk. Its usefulness to chem- l
ists and druggists has lately been brought t
to the notice of the French Societe de orsl
I'harmacie by M. Limousin. It is now ffat
largely used in Germany, and especially in that
Austria, for filtering liquors in labratories. reas
iu the microscope, the threads are as fine £
as those of silk or fibrillie of cotton; they la,
break more easily than the latter, but are
excessively supple. son
From the unalterability of the substance, Ten
it is very well suited for filtering acid or and
alkaline solutions, even concentrated, and of t
various other substances, such as nitrate of w'
silver, albumen, collodion, Pelding's beil
liquor, etc. It affords great rapidity of yet
flow, with good filtration; it does not, like ter,
filters of paper or tissue, communicate
organic matter to the liquids, altering and act
perhaps giving them a disagreeable taste.
It is much preferable to abestos, which, 'on.
from the arrangement of its parallel fibers, la
whi
cannot be formed into a flexible ball, and
which lets fragments pass that float in the I her
liquid. Par
For analysis it is Very advantageous, the
allowing of a ready determination of insol- the
uble matters deposited; also by calcination ti
and fusion of the glass may be found the Ani
volatile principles fixed in the passage of i
the liquid, unumixed with enmpyreumatic the
products. Notwithstanding the price of Ithei
glass silk is still high, it is no great ex- in I
pense to use it, as its excessive lightness
admits of a considerable number of fiitra-Jan
tions being made with a small weight of it ;
besides, it may serve an indefinite time, if
after each operation it is thoroughly washed i
with water and dried in the air.-Builder's i
Monthly. Bri
but
The Great Peanut Match. ize.
the
The greatest peanut eating match be- lieu
tween A. Smilf and J. Sunks for $5,000 a the
side, came off at Swooney Hall yesterday. inl
The conditions were: Each contestant is o
eat a quart of baked peanuts each quarter and
hour for forty-eight consecutive hours. the
Before each contestant was a table laden pill
with quart measures full of the ludicious the
fruit of the peanut tree. Smniff weighed to t
ninety pounds at the start and Junks ern
eighty-six. Neither had eaten anything son
for twenty-four hours, and both had bre
voracious appetites. The first few Eli
quarts of peanuts Went like snow before a tlhl,
July sun. The floor was soon strewn gre
with, shells. After eating four quarts, HIe:
Smiff took a short rest, but Junks kept on nig
manfully. At the hour of going to press con
Smiff was visably swelling, while Junks ing
was eating away with apparently as good nO:
relish as when he began. At 2:30 p. m.,[ tha
the score stood: Smitf 22 quarts, Junks 22 i the
quarts. The hall was thronged, and the ern
excitement was intense. Bets were freely of
offered$1000 to $50 that Smiff wilt win. she
Junk's friends are contident.-Boeton Suei
day Timses. .
"A minister never appears to as little ad
vantage as he does when he is explaining
to his flock how be would edit a daily e
newspaper. Here is4 the Rev. Mr. Rose, gas
of Milwaukee, who aims to raise the tone or
of the public press and do away with its + nt
"sensationalism, impurity and general of
wickedness by making journmtliini abso- wit
lutelypersosi,." "I would dismiss,"he or.
says, "the 'ftie"ition of -the editorial `we' pe,
under which the newspaper men with their the
habitual modesty were wont to coancal per
their personality. 1 would break .up this roo
.imbuscade in print. I would give allti
these voices, .alike those thatcry truth an. hoi
those tbt cry falsehootld tandslander,-a body t
and a. r"espons'ble perion ality. I would t s
have printed at the -heal of every news- we
paper the satue of ever yman respousmblej jo
psauft fr~tlhei work ove thesr w ILe
SThe Paris newspapers are conducted on Ti
this "personal basis." Mr. Rose can have
Le Figaro translated-polities, crime,
gossip, jokes, signatures and all--and cir
culated among the members of his congre
gation, in order that they may find out for as
themselves that journalists who sign their the
names cannot be sensational, impure or age
naughty. roa
Profeselonal Swnladlers. sio
tha
[New York Correspondence.] flig
One of the most successful swindlers in hig
New York is a girl not more than twenty- ret;
three or twenty-four years of age. She is wit
bumped-backed, but has a very sweet, ore
lady-like face, and works upon the sym- wil
pathies of all with whom she comes in con- hot
tact. She seems to be well educated, and rob
is certainly clever. Her dress is always in lull
good taste, and she has not the appearance sels
of a beggar. The way she manages is to mu
find out the name of some one you know, We
and she makes a regular call upon you, as eter
any lady might do, representing herself as wvh
the friend of your friend, who has request- ful
ed her to call. She comes several times, bur
and there is that about her that interests feel
you at once. curs
After you begin to know her quite well rem
she asks for money, but in the most deli- any
cate manner in the world. She is raising elev
funds for a mission school, or she has a up t
check to be cashed, and the banks are lane
closed. Indeed she is so clever about it lem
that you never suspect a thing until you nee'
ind that her visits cease after the money the 1
has been advanced. She completely fool- freI l
ed Dr. Holland some time ago. The doc- the
toris one of the most tender-hearted of ing'
men, and he had the greatest pity for the bese
poor deformed creature, and gave her quite The
alittle sum of money. I am sure he felt a , Mas
great deal worse at his disappointment in I the,
the girl than in the loss of his money. He sion
expostulated with her and begged her to r y,
give up her swindling ways; but she posi- lighl
tively refused. Hie went to her house and freio
tound that she lived with her mother in strink
very comfortable style, and all on the mon- with
y she made by sunh nefarious means. will
During Mme. Modjeska's last visit to New clim
York this clever little adventuress called tain,
upon her and said that she had just receiv- tionm
d a letter from some of Madam's friends all.
fn Cincinnati, who requested her to call. Eart
The came several times and Minme. Modjes- not t
(a, like all the others, became very much imin
Iterested in her. One day she asked the the
asked the actress for $35, giving good rea- soft
on--I forget now just what it was. Mad- etert
tue did not have the amount in her pock- and
it-book just then, so shite told her to call in wall
.te afternoon, and she should have it with trees
le greatest of pleasure. in re
I happened to call on Mine. Mlodjeska in Let 1
he meantime, and she told me about this rIetml
poor child who was in such dificulties. "Is and
he hump-backed?" I inquired. '"Yes, sink
oor thing, she is," replied the kind-heart- 9
d lady. "Then beware," said I, "for she
s the biggest little fraud in New York;"
tnd I told .Madam of her tricks. "I should T'
'ather have lost the $35 and been deceived," raml
aid she,' "than to know that the young the
girl was an adventuress." Indeed, I had owun
great difficulty in persuading Mme. Mod- the e
eska of her unworthiness; and, even after gone
he knew, she wanted to let her have the mena
noney. I do not suppose the girl was The3
urprised when the money was not forth- poor
omiing. She probably supposed that she up t0
uad been discovered, and started off for but I
-resh fields.
than
arrawn wei .. 7n,.. couln
[Forney's Progress.] ni
To President Jefferson belongs the hon- IHo
, of pulrc.hasing Louisiana in 1804 from 1 self
he first Napoleon for several millions of and
lollars, thereby securing to us the unlim- her
ted control of the Mississippi river, pro- mat
ecting all our territories on the Gulf of tha
dexico, and baffling the occupation of our an
outhweetern emnpire by a foreign power. val
the fear that he might fail gave Jefferson iigl
)ainful solicitude, and when it was accom- to
flished lilled him with unspeakable joy. lor
Lt first he thought of offering the Govern- i)ve
irship of the new Territory to General to I
lafayette, then at his home in France; but onm
hat idea was soon relinquished for obvious wivh
easons. froi
Then Andrew Jackson was urged for the ehr(
)lace, and here we have another evidence cigl
if old Iickory's unselfish character, Jack- th t
on was Judge of the Supreme Court of dan
'ennessee, and very tired of that office dise
.nd would have preferred to be Governor aboc
f the new Territory of Louisiana. He beg
vas in Washington while the matter was As
)eing deliberated in Cabinet council, and app
ret as he notes, in a very badly spelled let- her
er, in April, 1804, if he called on the dre
?resident it would be regarded as "the or
Let of a courteor," and therefore he "tray- the
led on enjoying his feelings." And he the
onfessed also that the Governor of Lou- inst
siana ought to talk the French language, The
vhich he ihid not. The discovery of this aga
ceretofore unkown fact is due to James
Parton. * * * " T'i
That was the spirit of our public men at
he close of our last century. To complete
he romance, eleven years after this letter
.ndrew Jackson won the battle of New
Orleans, and so saved that great city from of
he English, who, defeated by Jefferson in fpre
heir known desire to secure it by treaty en
n 1804, were finally thwarted by Jackson ria
lhen they attempted to take it by armson Pa
Tanuary 8, 1815. o i.
_his
Sanm Francisco the 4ealte'. cha
tin
[Rocky Mountain Presbyterian.] pel
Webster's eloquent description of the eig
British Empire is familiar to every reader, cal
iut we doubt whether it is generally real- Spa
zed that we, too, have a donminion on which of t
he sun never sets. It will hardly be be- yea
iev-d, perhaps, without an examination of ter
he maps that San Francisco, instead of be- why
lg at the western limit of this dominion, are
.s only about midway between our eastern the
md western limits; and yet it is a fact that thir
;he farthest Aleution isle acquired in our 187
pturchase of Russian America is as far to San
he west of that city as Eastport, Maine, is eir
:othe east of it. Between the northwest- tior
crn limit of Washington Territory and the the
ioutheastern limit of Alaska there is a par
break of a few degrees, but, with the Ch
slightest deduction, our territory extends thri
:hrough 197 degrees of longitude, or 17 de- mat
:rees more than half way round the globe. Th
Eience, when the sun is giving its good- clum
eight kiss to our westernmost isle on the cue
ronfines of Behring's sea it is already flood- Sun
ug. the fields and forests of Maine with its in,
morning light, and in the eastern prt of sw
that State is more than an a hour high. At
rhe very mroment when the Aleutian fish- wo
erman, warned by the approaching shades hut
f night, is pulling his canoe toward the for
shore, the wood chopper of Maine is be- an'
ginning to wake the forest echoes with the the
stirring, music of the axe.
Flowers on the Table.
Set flowers on the thble-a whole nose- '1
gay if yoa can get it, or but two or three, lee
or a single flower-a rose, a pink, a daisy, but
and you have something that reminds you wh
of God's-ereatiun, anti g'ives you alink eye
with the poets that have done it Miost hon- sta
or. Flowers on the morning table are es- eve
pecially suited to them. The t i6k like tua
the wakening of creation; they bring the sal
perfume'of the breath of hature into your utn
room; they seem ike tihe very represetit - wh a
tive embodiment of the very smile of your ser
homei the graces of good morrow; proofs get
that-aoniife intel sctfal beauties are in our- ver
sevIes or those about `s,- some Aurora (if ten
e are so lucky: as to have ssuch- compasn- b
lon) ltmelpini to rttew our life -with sweet- gpo
nets, Or i ourteu* sOle -.masBOUe[ie Wil- 1
canion r unlikely to gal hr- Jah
L -x
i5-.;
4 :~8
The Cheapest and RBest of All r
Ewclarsoans. 1p
[lndianapolis Sentinel.] aOl
A goodl way to make Sundays enjohyable. isea
as well as profitable, is to devote a few of bi e:
their quiet hours to mind excursions-voy- bet
ages of the fancy, which may be madlel I
roseate by prudent indulgences of the im- ' in I
agination. These are not railroad excur-- hul
sions-no tickets are requiired. Quicker je ;
than the speed of locomotive, or even the mit
flight of the electric spark on its wire or
highways, the mind visits all the hallowe d eve
retreats of memory. Childhood's home, ray
with all its endearing surroundings-"the eiga
orchard, the meadow, the deep-tangled pri:
wildwood"-the pathways to the old school and
house upon the hill-the trees where the f
robins built their nests-the streams that asit
lulled us to rest, when weary we laid our- t red
selves down upon the mossy pillows by the and
murmuting cascades, and went to sleep. timi
We are in the olhchurch, and in the ceem- and
otery amidst its moss-grown monuments, viol
where sleep those who guided our youth- of r
ul footsteps-caressed us-and whose bow
unrning kiss of affection at parting we still droi
'eel upon our cheek. Ah but such ex- resu
nursions are grand, and then it should be eye,
-enmembered they are cheap. It does not mnay
inything to go. It is rapid transit on an and
:levated route. They pay. Why not get
ip to-day a grand excursion to the holy
and, to the sacred mountains, to Jerusa
em and the Sea of Gallilee, to Gethsema
eie? Why not have in fancy a picnie on t
he banks of the Jordan ! It would he re- .
reshing. In fancy the baptism of John tire
he Baptist might be witnessed, and start- .v
ng out, a blind Bartimneus might be heart!d oelt
eseeching the 'Master to restore his sight. niate
he highway might he found on which the t
faster rode triumphant into the capital of bett
he Jews. Indeed, there may be an excur i ai
ion to-day to Slnai; to HIoreb and ('nlva- t n
y, and at the close of the divy, when twi- othan
ight dews are falling, the soul nmay ; ho
reighted with holy memories. If the idea' wi
trikes our readers favorably they may go,re
rith the assurance thous:nds of pilgrims i
cill kneel with them at every sacred shrine, te
limb with them over every sacred moutn- t
sin, and weep with them over the diesola- w
ione that time has wrought. Nor are these i Ph
11. The soul uma mount still higher. ll
Iarth is not its abiding place. .John w:s, t
S his
ot the only oine to have revelations. lThe 'le
. Smell
nmortal mlillnd may, froml the sulIImiti of l
ic delectable mountains, bathed in lit iihe
eft light of the better world, view its
ternal inheritance; its manlsionl ewith domlle lep
id turret; the streets of 'old: the jisper that
talls and gates of pearl; the river and the ent
ees, and catch a glimpse of the I'aratdise ,
Ireservation for the waywiorn pilgrim.St
pst us take the wings of the mornintg to
(turn when evening shadows are falling, sleep
tad then, thankful for the day's delights, althe
nk into dreanmless rest. you 1
!r Iýweenanfoesrhl l lýo qihr.s1l.004i
An Uncomortablo e ithronus. ot
[All the Year Round. oi
Two old women lived at Castle Pook, a pera
ambling old place, once magnificent, iand .till
he scene of wild revelry so long as its pest
*wners had anything to squander. But get t
he spendthrift landlords were dead and earl
one, :aid of the Dennis family only two wor
rmmberg, an stunt and niece, remained. i o0
Chey were called "the ladies" by their by l'
noor neighbors, and were greatly looked the
p to on account of their ancient name; prod
tut they had not had any better education I the I
han that which a village schoolmaster you
ould give fifty years ago. I
The elder Miss Dennis had a small an- earl;
inity, and it was no wonder that Miss man
lonor was almost crushed by grief and the
elfish anxiety when she became very ill, har(
.d was given up by the doctor. "Come frol
tere, Honor," whispered the dying wo- Of I
nan from her pillow. "There's £10 in sogi
hit box; you'll have that, an' my clothes treaC
ndl the furniture, an' you'll be sure to wak
vake me decent an' put my fine linen give
light gown wid the frills on me. Bring mor,
tout to let me see if it's all right." Miss sayi:
lonor promised to obey, but miserliness bari:
vercame her, and she grudged the corpse with
o fine a dress. She happened to have One
ome black calico covered with.white spots, day
vhich she had bought at a great bargain sleel
rom a country peddler, and she made the sanil
hroud of it, intending to turn the frilled
tight gown into money at some future
line. The villagers from Clopook who
ame to the wake, wondered at Miss Den- M
ises' "dead dress," but nothing was said my
bout it. The funeral took place, and now the I
egan a dreadful visitation for Miss Honor. caus
Ls regularly as darkness fell, Miss Dennis is ki
ppeared in her black and white shroud at he t,
er niece's fireside. .ohe pointed to her.! wn
ress, and never spoke a word. Miss lon- wou
r could not hear it. On the third night self
he coffin was taken up and opened, and curs
he frilled night gown put upon its tenant chus
nstead of the black and white. shroud. fsh
'he ghost was now appeased; she did not MI
gain appear. the e
three Pioneer Brother Preach fo t
ern. and
anmd
)Dausville (N. Y.) Advertiser.] u U
Rev. Samuel Parker, the last survivor the 1
if the three famous pioneer Methodist coul
reachers of the original Genesee Confer- a prn
iee, died at his home in Hopewell, Onta- ped
is county, Thursday, March 6th. Mr.i mus
?arker had made hids home upon his far i life
i Hopewell for the past 38 years, leaving In
lis family there during all his nministerial the
hanges during that time, and continuing dres
n the pulpit until his failing health com,- cratd
elled him to desist. He was the sixth ofl hom
ight children of Nathanial Parker, who crin:
ame to this State in 1800, and settled in 1 "N,
Sparta, Livingston county in 1800. Four surf
if these have died within a period of four war,
rears, and Mrs. Lewis Collar, of Roches- the
er, is the only survivor. Among those the
vho have died'within the time mentioned V
tre the three pioneer preachers." Robert. find
he oldest, died Dec. 3, 1874, in his eighty- men
bird year; John, the youngest, March 17, ing
878, in his sevenity-ninth year, and now If ft
Samuel, who was between the two, in his the
ighty-second year. The faith, the devo- thes
ion, and the labor of these brothers in desi
heir chosen calling, and the important to e:
fart they bore in firmly establishing the tere
ihurch whose influence is now a power wan
throughout the world, can hardly be esti- the
nated by the people of the present day. felt
'heir circuits were necessarily large, in- Chi
:luding some 300 miles of travel and con- ki;li
tuming for a single trip six weeks of time. the
Summer and winter they labored, follow- then
.ng Indian trails, climbing mountains,
swimming rivers, and preaching day and
light, in the. open air when the weather
would permit, and in log school-house and D
aut. These brothers were all remarkable will
bor their devotion, their unwavering faith the
tnd com age, their sterling integrity, and the
heir pure personal lives. age(
Triumph of Thought. wer
- the
[Sight and Insight.) plat
The man is to be pitied who has no intel- D
letnal insight into the truth of nature; pi
-ut it is a sadder tring toF see a man on ..
vhoim all bloomis wasted, iwho carries an kep
lye that shaves the twinkle from every wvil
tar, who disenchants the light, and when- lu
over he moves, bruihess the halo from na- fo'
ture, It was i typical Yankee who once hav
taid at.iagafa: "Well, I swan, I don't evel
understand how :it wallops over-in that tha
way. J'd like to see the S hoi. eousarn un
erewid fbraIo.ut five minautes and put to- you
gether again." Thus wi4h. :sme our ui-. and
vorsetoheof trpentry- ld- p you
tered htogether, wie constell clap- fret
boarded on the sky-and not me imming dye
poem anmd myster '
eic thscination Uom uatre, by thieiban
reason of our 7pre.di. .<ie cte. What a
place of spil 1ud,. o3ur cold _expl-,-'ers hav
be' b'il ding wiit trowels of matllilletmatils
aind lih cr'em t of lawt! And when their
s-t.fi lionl' are k3o,'k3I. away, is it not
beallty rlather lha1 IIlasoIr. tiley have
been realin'g by their toll?
It is s-tiec:' tiat .d 'tece.s lhe enl'hallntmlent
in light. Each puls, of it b33e-ts neuirly two
hundred thousand il, a minute with(out
iostling the a"r. Elev:' million miles a
nintlute from thy :tn l ith.l.ti any visible
or conilceiviatie chrds oft comnl!itltiotn.
every inchl of the air a conillctor, every
ray of it strandted of seven lines, and an
eighth element which slips through the
prism and ist3 t oul or" :all, never resting
and never -wasting il its journcey of ages.
The relatiohs of light to the eye are more
astonishing still. To get the sensation of
relness, our eyes are afirteteil four hunldred
and eighty-two millions of millions of
tilles in a secondl: of yellow, five hllundred
ind forty-two millions of millions; and of
-iolet, seven htunldretl and. seven iillions
)f nmillions of imn:. The seven-hued rain
sow, whose subtile 3lane is reared out of
Crops-of water that are ever shifting, is the
:esult of a play upon the keys of human
ye, so astonishing that, though figures
nay state it, the strongesit mlind staggers
Inder the awfill revelationll
Lying in Bed.
[Lon0don Societry.]
Let us analyze tilsi lyin:g in bed a little
urther. I maintain that, i lying in bed.
here is so5mething healthy anld recupera
ive to the systcimt. The wheels of life are
iled and eased. The ipriper and legiti
late pur'pose of stopping in ,id is to go to
leep. Tile' m1ore sleepe si br.in gets the
otter doe:. the brain work. All great.
railln-;iitrkers hlave loite great sleepers.
ir Walter Scott eouil never do with less
3ll1n te01 hoursl. A fooi lttay 33'altl eight
ours, as (George Ill s1aid, but a philohsopher
anlts nlline. The mltenl wlho have bleenl the
reatest Gellerals are the ll)ell who sleep
t will. Thtis it is with both Wellington
nl Napoleonl. The greatest speakers in
e ihousle of Colllluollusllhave etl e ti0e men
heI g.o to oeep there as mucl h 3as they like.
This explainedi the juvenility of the aged
aillmerston. 'T'here is a 5 an wiho has b)een
ttorney-Genleral, who 1 have seen 3 bry
is face i!li his halklts over his desk an11d1
ctp sound0ly ntIllil his \owni cause sllhotll
>l!e oil. "Sieep," says the Greek p)roverb,
is time ledicine of ever- disease. If lhe
eep!s he will do well."'' A friend told in.,
lat lie trea:ted hiselft Ib1r a fever. ihi,
ea1t to bet with a large pitcher of lelon
le by hi .i le. lie dirank and slept him
If well again.
When youa take fo your bed get 111 tilw'
cep you canll ot of 0 our bedstelad, even,
ithough, to quote Dick Swiveller's saying,
oil have to pay for a double-bedded room,
ilfessing that you have taken an unreas
tabl'e anlmou1t of n leei olt of at single bed.
on will be baniing a whole stole of recu
erative energy. Even1 if yoLu callnot sleep.
:ill stick to your bed. There is no more
estilential heresy than that you should
et uip directly you are awlake. If it is the
Irly riser wiho catches the worm, the
0ol1 is a great idiot in rising still earlier
1 order to be c:aught. if you do not sleep
y lying in bed, you gei rest. You secure
Ie tallow ground which-will hereafter
rod(ue a good harvest. Sleep is, of course,
le proper employmnent for a bed, but if
oil don't sleep you call lie still and read.
I don't believe that the 1man who gets tip
srly re:lly learns or does more than the
tan who lies in bell. If, for a moment,
le writer may ibe egotistical, some of the
ardeit work lhe has ever done has been
.om early dawn till after breakfast in bed.
if all the sleep in tIhe world there is none
Sgood as what you get, in the way of a
1easure trove, after the usual time of
-aking, when, ill point of fact, you have
iven up tilhe expectation of getting any
lore sleep. As for "being called," as the
tying goes., that is simply a relic of bar
arismu of our ancestors. I should quarrel
ith any nlan who presume~' to"call" time.
1ne of the main beauties of an occasional
ay in bed is that you get an extra stock of
eep, which goes to the credit side of your
initary accounlt.
KLilled With Work.
. [Christian Woman.]
Many a husband has said, "Don't ask
y wife to do anything for the church, or
te missionary society, or the temperance
use; she has enongh to do at home-she
killing herself with work as it is,' and
tells the truth. But if the husband
oild look a little closer into matters he
ould find that his wifte was killing her
If by work that was ruining his children,
using the world, and blighting the
ilirch2; that she wa.i sacrificing her all to
shion and show.
Month after ltmoth, andl year after year,
Ce worldly wolimet of the church toil on
r the personal adornment of themselves
id their children, till heart and flesh fail,
id an untimely gratve covers them out of
ir sight. "Martyrs of fashion" would be
ie most truthful and fitting epitaph that
uld be put upon ihetr tombstones. Many
professedly Christian mother has wrap
id her enfeebled infant in embroidered
tuslin and flannels into which her child's
re blood has been stitched.
in mnumy a professedly Christian home
to first lesson a child learns is how to
ess in the prevailing style. It leaves its
adtle admiring its fine clothes, and suffers
mutr.s f torture with curling-papers and
itlnping-pins before it has learned to say,
Now I lay me down to sleep.,' It is not
iiprising that the tender twig bent world
ard ftrom the very first, should turn from
et church to the opera. the theatre and
e hatll room.
Whlen we look about we are grieved to
ad that so few of thp young men and wo
en reared in the church are loving work
igChristians. But it is. not surprising.
'from infancy they are made to feel that
ie world and its favor, are better than
to church and its privileges-more to be
wsired than spiritual riches-we ought not
expect anything else than a lack of in
irest and confidence on their part. If you
ant your child to be a Christian, make
ie beauty and power of your Christianity
it at home in the daily life. Work for
irist and souls, and live. Those who are
illing themselves in their scraumble after
ie world and its follies, are ild-ced killing
temselves for time and eternity.
Old Folks.
[New York Times.]
Do the young people ever think that they
ill be old ; that they will soon feel that
te grasshopper is a burden and fear is in
te way ? Only a few short years ago that
red mali and feeble woman were young,
rong and full of life; their loving hearts
-ere gushing with tenderness and care for
le little ones who now stand in their
laces.
Do not jostle that aged couple out of your
athway, but rather lift them with tender
ire over the rough, declining road. You
ay have `forgotten how carefully they
ept your tender feet from stumbling, and
ith what care they watched your advanc
ig steps. But they have not forgotten,
ad the time will come when you will be
ireibly reminded- of it, by the love you
ave for your own little ones. Will they
ver hand you the same bitter cup to drink
mat you pour out fbi- that aged father and
tricken mother. Verily, "with whrat
Seasure ye meet, it shall be measured to
on again:" Think of the anxious d ys
nd nights your mother has watched by
our sick hedl; rememnberher lr vi~geare;
er patiden e and long sunthring th your
retiulness,and then iet the blush of shame
ye your bronw, that y ou should be ipa
ent or tuniti d to .e, now that aie is old.
kid folks arcstc anh trialI Yes, theyknoi
;-they feel it! ad seo will ou be such a
rtal to your children in the dos that will
urely come; aye, acid you williremember.
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